XML Contracts in Lancashire

XML
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing XML 10 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.71% - 2.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 26.32% - 17.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £425 - £416
25th Percentile £438 - £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £488
75th Percentile £459 - £497
90th Percentile £463 - £499
North West median daily rate £448 £534 £580
% change year-on-year -16.20% -7.85% +16.48%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Lancashire

XML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 38 31 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 21.71% 15.90% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 15
10th Percentile £413 £550 £420
25th Percentile £447 £588 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £625 £520
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +20.19% +13.04%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £560
90th Percentile £615 - £585
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile - £37.63 -
25th Percentile £65.25 £45.88 £37.80
Median hourly rate £65.50 £46.03 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +42.30% +13.40% -3.36%
75th Percentile £65.75 £46.18 £43.39
90th Percentile - £48.43 -
North West median hourly rate £67.75 £47.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year +43.22% +5.12% +10.80%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Lancashire

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for XML in Lancashire

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for XML in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 7 £447 - 8
XML
North West

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Applications Engineer
1 9 (90.00%) Configuration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) CAD Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) CAD
1 9 (90.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (90.00%) PLM
1 9 (90.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) Data Quality